Gençlerbirliği will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 17 points behind Fenerbahçe.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Gençlerbirliği and Fenerbahçe.
Gençlerbirliği are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Fenerbahçe are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Gençlerbirliği form and stats
The story so far in the Super Lig for Gençlerbirliği at their home stadium (Eryaman Stadyumu) is 5 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.
Gençlerbirliği haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 277 minutes ago. B. A. Ozdemir scored that one.
Gençlerbirliği shared the glory with Yeni Malatyaspor in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Preceding that match was the home game against Kasimpasa that was lost 0-2.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Gençlerbirliği as they are travelling to their away game against Goztepe in the Super Lig. That match is four days after this one.
The Gençlerbirliği fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 15 matches. On the other hand, Gençlerbirliği have conceded 19 goals.
Fenerbahçe form and stats
4-4-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Fenerbahçe in their Super Lig matches away. Fenerbahçe seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Ferdi Kadıoğlu (2) scored in Fenerbahçe's previous match, the home game against Goztepe that ended 2-1. A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Yeni Malatyaspor.
A new game in only four days for Fenerbahçe, the Super Lig home match versus Sivasspor. Busy days.
Fenerbahçe have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 16 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Fenerbahçe have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Fenerbahçe - Gençlerbirliği 5-2 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Gençlerbirliği victories, two draws and six Fenerbahçe wins. Over/under statistics; nine of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Muriqi 15 goals |   B. Stancu 13 goals |  G. Sio 10 goals |
Gençlerbirliği missing players
Fenerbahçe missing players
| Gençlerbirliği | Fenerbahçe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 35 | 17 | 3 | Scored | S | 7 | 16 | 53 |
| 49 | 19 | 6 | Conceded | C | 9 | 21 | 40 |
| 93% | 93% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 87% | 93% |
| 77% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 83% |
| 50% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 60% | 67% |
| 30% | 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 27% | 40% |
| 17% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 53% | 53% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 60% | 70% |
| 20% | 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 20% | 17% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 33% | 20% |
| 5.9 | 5.2 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.3 | 5 |
| 4.1 | 4 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2.8 | 3.4 | 5.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 356 | 188 | 46 | Total Shots | T S | 56 | 191 | 454 |
| 141 | 76 | 19 | Shots on Target | S O | 23 | 63 | 171 |
| 25% | 22% | 16% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 25% | 31% |
- Fenerbahçe has the most points from losing position (19)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 57 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 30 | 63 |
| 2 | Trabzonspor | 29 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 65 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 33 | 58 |
| 3 | Sivasspor | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 50 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 53 |
| 4 | Galatasaray | 29 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 48 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 52 |
| 5 | Besiktas | 29 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 49 | 35 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 14 | 50 |
| 6 | Fenerbahçe | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 53 | 40 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 49 |
| 7 | Alanyaspor | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 53 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 48 |
| 8 | Goztepe | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 38 |
| 9 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 42 | 46 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 28 | -4 | 38 |
| 10 | Antalyaspor | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 35 | 48 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -13 | 37 |
| 11 | Kasimpasa | 29 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 44 | 51 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 28 | -7 | 35 |
| 12 | Gençlerbirliği | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 35 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 30 | -14 | 32 |
| 13 | Denizlispor | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -14 | 32 |
| 14 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 43 | 46 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 26 | -3 | 29 |
| 15 | Rizespor | 29 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 31 | 49 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 31 | -18 | 29 |
| 16 | Kayserispor | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 64 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 44 | -31 | 28 |
| 17 | Konyaspor | 29 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 40 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -16 | 27 |
| 18 | Ankaragucu | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 53 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -26 | 25 |